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Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh is a coastal town in the English county of Suffolk.
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Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station
Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk.
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Battle of Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was a military operation that took place in Dunkirk (Dunkerque), France, during the Second World War.
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Battle of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
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Belgian Land Component
The Land Component (Landcomponent, Composante terre) is the land-based branch of the Belgian Armed Forces.
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Belgian Navy
The Belgian Navy, officially the Belgian Maritime Component (Marinecomponent; Composante marine; Marinekomponente) of the Belgian Armed Forces, formerly the Belgian Naval Force, is the naval service of Belgium.
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Bluebird of Chelsea
Bluebird of Chelsea, formerly Bluebird, is a motor yacht originally built for Sir Malcolm Campbell.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the name of the British Army in Western Europe during the Second World War from 2 September 1939 when the BEF GHQ was formed until 31 May 1940, when GHQ closed down.
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Charitable organization
A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
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Charles Lightoller
Charles Herbert Lightoller, (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was the second officer on board the and a decorated Royal Navy officer.
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Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula and district in Essex, England, and was founded as an urban district in the year 1871.
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Coastal trading vessel
Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent.
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De Panne
De Panne (French: La Panne) is a town and a municipality located on the North Sea coast of the Belgian province of West Flanders.
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Defacement (flag)
Defacement, in heraldry and vexillology, is the addition of a symbol or charge to another flag.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Dungeness (headland)
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland.
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk (Dunkerque; Duinkerke(n)) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Dunkirk (2017 film)
Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II.
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
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East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England.
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Fireboat
A fireboat is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires.
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Fort Gillingham
Fort Gillingham, also known as Gillingham Fort, was constructed in 1669 on the south bank of the River Medway in Kent, England.
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General Steam Navigation Company
The General Steam Navigation Company (GSNC), incorporated in 1824, was London's foremost short sea shipping line for almost 150 years, and the oldest shipping company in the world to begin business with steamships.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Glasgow
Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.
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Gravelines
Gravelines is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France.
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat Station
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station (not to be confused with on the Isle of Wight) is a RNLI base in Norfolk, England.
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Groningen (province)
Groningen (Gronings: Grunn; Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands.
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Hastings Old Town
Hastings Old Town is an area in Hastings, England roughly corresponding to the extent of the town prior to the nineteenth century.
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HMS Icarus (D03)
HMS Icarus was one of nine s built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Hythe, Kent
Hythe is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the district of Folkestone and Hythe on the south coast of Kent.
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Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.
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Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Limited (abbreviated to IoMSPCo.) (Sheshaght Phaggad Bree Ellan Vannin) is the oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company in the world, celebrating its 180th anniversary in 2010.
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Jackstaff
A jack staff (also spelled as jackstaff) is a small vertical spar (pole) on the bow of a ship or smaller vessel on which a particular type of flag, known as a jack, is flown.
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Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.
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Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) reigned as the fourth King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the heir apparent, his son Baudouin.
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Little Ship Club
The Little Ship Club is a yacht club in London.
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Lowestoft Lifeboat Station
Lowestoft Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) operated lifeboat station in the town of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.
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Marc Bloch
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian who cofounded the highly influential Annales School of French social history.
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Marchioness disaster
The Marchioness disaster was a fatal collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London on 20 August 1989, which resulted in the drowning of 51 people.
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Margate
Margate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in Kent, England.
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Massey Shaw
Massey Shaw is a former London Fire Brigade fireboat.
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Minister of Shipping
The Minister of Shipping was a British government post created in the First World War and again in the Second World War.
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Motor Torpedo Boat
Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Museum ship
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes.
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MV Royal Daffodil (1939)
MV Royal Daffodil II was built in 1939 and scrapped in 1967.
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National Historic Fleet
The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register.
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National Historic Ships
The UK's Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships was established in 2006 as a non-departmental public body reporting to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with a specific remit to advise the Secretary of State and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities.
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Naval rating
A naval rating is an enlisted member of a country's navy, subordinate to warrant officers and officers, and hence not conferred by commission or warrant.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.
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Newhaven Lifeboat Station
Newhaven Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Newhaven in the English county of East Sussex in the United Kingdom.
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Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.
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Poole Lifeboat Station
Poole Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Poole, Dorset in England.
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PS Medway Queen
The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom.
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Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.
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Ramsgate Maritime Museum
Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Ramsgate, Kent, England, that describes the maritime history of East Kent.
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Red Funnel
Red Funnel, formally the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited, Southampton Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited is a ferry company that carries passengers, vehicles and freight on routes between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight.
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River Thames
The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.
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RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.
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RNLB Abdy Beauclerk (ON 751)
RNLB Abdy Beauclerk (ON 751) was a 41ft Watson-class lifeboatThe Story of The Aldeburgh Lifeboats (28 page Paperback): Author: Morris Jeff: Publisher Lifeboat enthusiasts' Society (1994):ASIN B0018TW60Y which was stationed in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk.
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RNLB Guide of Dunkirk (ON 826)
RNLB Guide of Dunkirk (ON 826) was a 35ft 6in Self-righting motor-class lifeboat whose construction was funded by the Girl Guides in 1940.
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RNLB Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) (ON 688)
Royal National Life Boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) (ON 688), was a Watson Class motor lifeboat of the Royal National Life Boat Institution's fleet, which was stationed at Margate in the English county of Kent in the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1951.
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RNLB Lucy Lavers (ON 832)
RNLB Lucy Lavers (ON 832) was an RNLI lifeboat which was on No.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, often abbreviated to MRA, Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis, KLM) is a military museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgium.
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Saint George's Cross
In heraldry, the Saint George's Cross, also called Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
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SB Ena
The Ena ia a wooden Thames sailing barge constructed in Harwich in 1906 that is resting on the flats adjacent to Stargate Marina in Hoo, Kent. She is a notable Dunkirk little ship reputed to have rescued 100 men. In 2002, Ena was the focus of an episode of the Channel 4 TV series Salvage Squad.
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Sea Scout
Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and water-based activities.
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Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station
The Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station is a lifeboat station at Southend-on-Sea in the English county of Essex, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
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Southwold Lifeboat Station
Southwold Lifeboat Station is an RNLI operated lifeboat station located in the town of Southwold in the English county of Suffolk.
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SS Fenella (1936)
TSS (RMS) Fenella (II) No. 145310 was a pre-Second World War passenger steamer built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness in 1936, for service with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
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SS King Orry (1913)
TSS (RMS) King Orry (III) – the third ship in the history of the Company to bear the name – was a passenger steamer which served with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, until she was sunk during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.
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SS Mona's Isle (1905)
SS (RMS) Mona's Isle (IV) was a steel, triple-screw turbine driven packet steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1920 and 1948.
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SS Mona's Queen (1934)
TSS (RMS) Mona's Queen (III) No. 145308, was a ship built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1934.
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Sundowner (yacht)
Sundowner is a motor yacht formerly owned by Charles Lightoller, the second officer of and the most senior officer to survive her sinking in 1912.
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Tamzine
Tamzine is a historic fishing boat.
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Thames sailing barge
A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London.
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The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format.
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The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk
The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk is a novella by the American author Paul Gallico.
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Walmer Lifeboat Station
Walmer Lifeboat Station was established in 1830.
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We shall fight on the beaches
"We shall fight on the beaches" is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yacht
A yacht is a watercraft used for pleasure or sports.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ships_of_Dunkirk
